GENERAL CHEMISTRY (21 160 116) SUMMER 2003

   Teacher: Dr. James Schlegel,
             Room 310 (Olson Hall, Tel. 353-5282)
             Office Hours:  After class
             e-mail address: jimms@andromeda.rutgers.edu

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK

General Chemistry, The Essential Concepts. Third Edition  by
Raymond Chang
with Online Chemskill Builder by James Spain and Harold J. Peters

These can be purchased seperately, or  as a package ISBN 0-07-417849-0

GRADING: THERE WILL BE TWO MID-TERM EXAMS ON Mon. July 21st and Mon. August 4th. EACH EXAM WILL CONTRIBUTE 100 POINTS TOWARD YOUR FINAL GRADE; CHEMSKILL BUILDER will count as 50 Pts (5 points per unit assigned)

CHEMSKILL BUILDER HOMEWORK MUST BE PASSED WITH A GRADE OF 70% MINIMUM

          THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE CUMULATIVE AND WILL COUNT AS 200 POINTS.

          Grading Summary :
          Exam 1                         100 pts;
          Exam 2                         100 pts;
          Electronic Homework     50 pts;
          Final exam                     200 pts
          TOTAL                         450 POINTS.

          MAKE-UP EXAMS: Only those students who do not attend a mid-term exam due to illness or an emergency and can produce satisfactory documentation (e.g. doctor's note, police report) as to their absence will be permitted to take a make-up test. Dates for make-up tests (if necessary) will be announced in class. Please note:- make-up exams are often harder than the regular test and are graded the same.

Lectures: Monday-Thursday 1:00 to 2:45 PM
Recitation: Friday 10:00 to 11:20
Lab: 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM on designated days

7/7, 7/8
12: Start at page 388.  Phase changes and phase                         12: 56, 60, 67, 86, 92
diagrams
13: Properties of solutions: concentration units,                            13: 6-9, 11, 13, 16. 39, 40, 43, 49,
        colligative properties                                                                  55, 61, 62, 73

7/9, 7/10
14: Chemical Kinetics: rates, order, mechanism,                           14: 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 21, 23, 34, 38,
 activation energy                                                                              48, 64

              7/11 HELP SESSION  10:00 - 11:20 Smith 220

                July 15 ChemSkill builder #15 and #16 ARE DUE

7/14 - 7/17
15: Chemical Equilibrium: equilibrium constant,                              15: 1, 4, 5, 8, 14, 16, 18, 30, 34,
equilibrium concentration, gas equilibria,                                             36, 48, 52, 56, 62
heterogeneous equilibria, Le Chatelier

              7/19 HELP SESSION  10:00 - 11:20 Smith 220

                 July 21 ChemSkill builder #17 IS DUE

7/21         FIRST EXAM (this exam will cover chapters 12 through 15) A sample exam.

7/22, 7/23
16: Acid-Base Equilibria: Kw, pH, weak acids and                         16: 5, 6, 16, 24, 42, 44, 56, 62, 66,
   bases, hydrolysis, polyprotic acids                                                    78, 88, 98

             7/25 HELP SESSION  10:00 - 11:20 Smith 220

                 July 28 ChemSkill builder #18 IS DUE

7/28, 7/29
17:  Acid-Base Equilibria: Buffers and titration curves                       17: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15, 20, 25, 27,
       The solubility product principle solubility_equilibria                          32, 35, 39, 43, 45, 54, 64, 72,
                                                                                                             74, 77, 103

7/30, 7/31
18:  Chemical Thermodynamics: spontaneous processes,                   18: 5, 12, 14, 18, 23, 28
       entropy and free energy. part 1- part 2   part2a -  part 3 .

            8/1 HELP SESSION  10:00 - 11:20 Smith 220

                 August 4 ChemSkill builder #19, #20 (except sections 4 and 5) and #21 ARE DUE

8/4         SECOND EXAM here is a sample exam

8/5, 8/6
19: Electrochemistry:  Balancing redox reactions, cell                          19: 2, 6, 12, 14, 16, 22, 24, 30, 45
 potentials, Nernst equation                                                                     56, 86

8/7
21: Nuclear Chemistry                                                                        21: 2, 6, 10, 11, 23, 44

             8/8 HELP SESSION  10:00 - 11:20 Smith 220  THIS CLASS WILL BE A REGULAR
                                                                                        CLASS AND REVIEW WILL TAKE
                                                                                        PLACE NEXT WEEK

                    August 11 ChemSkill builder #22 IS DUE
                                                                                                                Final exam, part 3
8/13 FINAL EXAM a sample exam
 
 

7/8 LAB: Calibration of glassware

7/10 LAB: EDTA titration: molarity, ppm
7/11 LAB: MW by freezing point depression

7/15 LAB: Calorimetry
7/16 LAB: Molecular Weight of an Acid
7/18 LAB: Kinetics of the clock reaction

7/23 LAB: Equlibria
7/25 LAB: Spot Tests
7/29 LAB: 10 test tube mystery
7/30 LAB: pH Buffers and Ka
8/1  LAB: Phosphate analysis

8/6 LAB: Ksp
8/8 LAB: Aspirin analysis
8/12 LAB FINAL